"I say that whoever is trembling at this moment is guilty"
, threatens the Incorruptible from the platform of the Convention to obtain Danton's head.
“Robespierre, you follow me! Your house will be razed. We will sow salt there! ”
, replies his victim on the way to the scaffold, while the cart of the condemned goes along the modest dwelling where the strong man of the Terror lives. This is a duel that has fueled the imagination of generations of French people for more than two centuries. It took the boldness of youth to aim to renew a classic and intimidating subject. Disciple of Patrice Gueniffey and already author of several remarkable works, the historian Loris Chavanette takes up the gauntlet. He boldly publishes
Danton and Robespierre - Le Choc de la Révolution
(Compound past), elegantly prefaced by Emmanuel de Waresquiel.
The book, composed on the model
of Plutarch's
Parallel Lives
, traces the itinerary of the two emblematic figures of the Revolution, allies before devouring each other.
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